Why do Russians hate Germans sooo much i came from russia?

I was born in Afghanistan and moved to Russia because Taliban captured our city and would kill anyone who doesn't have long beard.
So when i was in Russia I started to go to Russia and when they talk about History when the teacher names GERMANS the whole class would start booing. Even the teacher would be... show more I was born in Afghanistan and moved to Russia because Taliban captured our city and would kill anyone who doesn't have long beard.

So when i was in Russia I started to go to Russia and when they talk about History when the teacher names GERMANS the whole class would start booing. Even the teacher would be happy when students think badly about Germans. and sometimes they would call them Fascists. Then sometimes the teacher would tell us about WW2 about how bad Germans were they invaded this country but people were fearless and we kick them out of this country. then one day a German boy came from Berlin for some reason he came to our school
and the Russian boys would always beat him up, saying stuff like
"YOU GERMAN BAS'TARD go back to Germany.

Later o moved to USA to learn english and be somebody when i grow up because i wouldn't have a big chance in Russia.
When i went to American School they would mention Germans and WW2 and the students wouldnt say anything bad nor the the teacher.

So why is that. i thought BOTH RUSSIANS AND AMERICANS FOUGHT GERMANS IN WW2

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Best Answer: I suspect that popular anti-German sentiment in Russia is due specifically (and only) to the events of World War II. Russia had more dead in that war than any other single nation, and they still hold the grudge.

What's interesting is that in the 1600s and 1700s, in the times of Tsars like Peter the Great and Catherine II, there was great friendship between German states and Russia, and the Russians took many German skilled artisans and engineers to supplement their budding industries. Those Germans would later become fully Russified as the Volga Germans, or in the modern Baltic states. Such Russified Germans gave rise to notables like Sergei Eisenstein or Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (also known as Ungern Khan from what he did in the 1917-1922 civil war).

Russians are still angry at Germany over wwii, which they call the 'Great Patriotic War', when Germany invaded Russia. Russia lost 15% of its population. Communist propaganda made sure that this anger would last; in short, the Communists taught people to dislike Germans.

Of course this anger is unfair, because it associates Germans with the Nazis who caused the war. That anger ignores that Germany is the most anti-Nazi country around right now.

Americans do not dislike Germans because a) They realize the Nazi era is over, b) They haven't been TAUGHT to dislike Germans, unlike Soviets, and c) A large portion of Americans are of German descent, about a third, I think.

Russia (USSR) was run completely on propaganda at the time. Civilians were taught to resist everywhere and anywhere against the "fascist warmongering invaders". Due to the massive uprisings that ensued, the Germans were forced to brutally put down the civilians and they committed many atrocities during their occupation of Soviet Europe.

America has never had a tremendous issue with Germany. The US entered the war after Pearl Harbor... the US declared war on Japan, not Germany. FDR was afraid to declare war on Germany because he didn't think there would be enough public support for it. Of course this was all before all the terrible news came out of Nazi Germany... which I'm sure you are familiar with and that is another reason the USSR hated Germany. But anyway... Hitler and Germany made one of their largest mistake of the war 4 days after Pearl Harbor... He declared war on the US without the US having to deal with the public backlash of attacking them first... this completely sealed his fate as a genius politician, but terrible tactician.

Most of the american families of the soldiers who fought the second WW are detached from feelings of hatred because they were not there when the Germans invaded Europe. In that context, the hatred for Germans will last longer in Europe, not just Russia.

Russia suffered a lot when Hitler invaded it and almost succeeded.
When the Russians dug in and fought back every inch of their country back, this victory started the overturn of Hitlers army.
The fact is that the Russian armies were a huge factor in the victory of the allied forces in that war.
The Americans, Canadians and other Allied forces came from a continent away to help. The Russians fought this war to free themselves from Hitlers conquering armies.
If you were Russian, you would also dislike the germans who dared to invade your country to take over its government and claim sovereignty over Russia.
Wouldnt you?

Probably because the Germans murdered more than 10 million Russian civilians and killed another 10-13 million Russian solders. The Germans also murdered and tortured Russian POWs. The Germans did not inflict a single injury on any American civilian -- excepting the crews on ships off the North American coast that were torpedoed by German submarines early in the war. Most of the US civilians killed were victims of the Japanese.

The reason the American students and teachers said nothing is because they know nothing.

In both WW1 and WW2 MOST of the people that died were Russian.
They all died at the hands of the Germans. The Russians had every right to hate the Germans.
When the war was over they could have tried to kill all the Germans.
They chose not to do so. I wonder why?

I think you can go back further than that, when the Holy Roman Empire was formed Germany was the center. Because it was late as far as the role of Empire was concerned. One of the areas it choose to expand into was Russia. The fighting was back and forth similar to Eng and France in its hay-day. The Russians beat the Germans back and the Germans sought retribution right up to WWI and WWII as you mentioned many lives were lost between these two countries at that time.

You can't say this about all russians, you just was at one school. Also, maybe that german guy made something bad or anything, so they begun to beat him. I never met racists in my city, never. So I heard this stuff about germans for a first time.

PS. It was not only germans who killed 17 million of our civilians and 10 millions our soldiers! It were NAZIS: germans, italians, finish and many others! Don't forget this, man!

That is called propaganda. By keeping the hatred alive the Russians make sure that the Germans (one of the biggest and richest member of the EU) is still considered an enemy and thus the population will agree to your agressive politic towards Germany and the west in general (the friends of Germany). You keep your population under control by giving them an external enemy.
As well, they are still obsessed by WWII, their last greatness now that the USSR is not a great moment anymore.

It's because we know that most german civilians and soldiers were mislead and fooled and were not as evil as Hitler and his ss. When I was little and watched war movies I allways thought of the germans as evil, but now I know that though there were evil germans, the majority were just normal people. No excuse for Hitler, comanding officers and waffen SS.

I'm german decendent. Last names von Eberstein. As german sounding as it gets.